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China
2023

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
79
Citations
18927
World Ranking
1032
National Ranking
106

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  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in China Leader Award

Overview

Xiao-Jun Luo is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China and has an extensive publication record primarily in the field of Environmental Science. Their research focuses largely on environmental contamination, pollutant impact, and toxicological assessments.

Their work spans several subfields including:

  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • Pollution
  • Environmental Chemistry
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Cancer Research

Main topics covered by their research include:

  • Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
  • Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals
  • Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology
  • Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research
  • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
  • Mercury impact and mitigation studies
  • Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants

Xiao-Jun Luo has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Bixian Mai (107 joint publications)
  • Yan-Hong Zeng (65 joint publications)
  • Chenchen Huang (22 joint publications)
  • Yin-E Liu (16 joint publications)
  • Ke-Lan Guan (14 joint publications)

Publication venues where Luo's work appears repeatedly include:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal (19 publications)
  • Environmental Pollution (18 publications)
  • Environmental Science & Technology (13 publications)
  • Journal of Hazardous Materials (12 publications)
  • The Science of The Total Environment (10 publications)

Selected recent papers authored by Xiao-Jun Luo demonstrate the breadth of environmental toxicology and pollution research, such as:

  • "Spatial Distribution, Bioconversion and Ecological Risk of PCBs and PBDEs in the Surface Sediment of Contaminated Urban Rivers: A Nationwide Study in China" (2021), Environmental Science & Technology
  • "Levels, Spatial Distribution, and Impact Factors of Heavy Metals in the Hair of Metropolitan Residents in China and Human Health Implications" (2021), Environmental Science & Technology
  • "Legacy and emerging organophosphorus flame retardants and plasticizers in indoor microenvironments from Guangzhou, South China" (2020), Environment International
  • "Tetrabromobisphenol A and hexabromocyclododecanes in sediments and biota from two typical mangrove wetlands of South China: Distribution, bioaccumulation and biomagnification" (2020), The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Bioaccumulation and translocation of organophosphate esters in a Mangrove Nature Reserve from the Pearl River Estuary, South China" (2021), Journal of Hazardous Materials

Best Publications

  • Distribution of polybrominated diphenyl ethers in sediments of the Pearl River Delta and adjacent South China Sea.

    Bixian Mai;Shejun Chen;Xiaojun Luo;Laiguo Chen

  • Bioaccumulation of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in wild aquatic species from an electronic waste (e-waste) recycling site in South China

    Jiang-Ping Wu;Xiao-Jun Luo;Ying Zhang;Yong Luo

  • Occurrence of brominated flame retardants other than polybrominated diphenyl ethers in environmental and biota samples from southern China.

    Tian Shi;She-Jun Chen;Xiao-Jun Luo;Xiu-Lan Zhang

  • Concentration levels, compositional profiles, and gas-particle partitioning of polybrominated diphenyl ethers in the atmosphere of an urban city in South China.

    Lai-Guo Chen;Bi-Xian Mai;Xin-Hui Bi;She-Jun Chen

  • Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and organochlorine pesticides in water columns from the Pearl River and the Macao harbor in the Pearl River Delta in South China

    Xiaojun Luo;Bixian Mai;Qingshu Yang;Qingshu Yang;Jiamo Fu

  • Polybrominated diphenyl ethers in road and farmland soils from an e-waste recycling region in Southern China: concentrations, source profiles, and potential dispersion and deposition.

    Yong Luo;Xiao-Jun Luo;Zhen Lin;She-Jun Chen

  • Spatial distribution and vertical profile of polybrominated diphenyl ethers, tetrabromobisphenol A, and decabromodiphenylethane in river sediment from an industrialized region of South China.

    Xiu-Lan Zhang;Xiao-Jun Luo;She-Jun Chen;Jiang-Ping Wu

  • Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in suspended particulate matter and sediments from the Pearl River Estuary and adjacent coastal areas, China.

    Xiao-Jun Luo;She-Jun Chen;Bi-Xian Mai;Qing-Shu Yang;Qing-Shu Yang

  • Persistent Halogenated Compounds in Waterbirds from an e-Waste Recycling Region in South China

    Xiao-jun Luo;Xiu-lan Zhang;Juan Liu;Jiang-ping Wu

  • Isomer-Specific Bioaccumulation and Trophic Transfer of Dechlorane Plus in the Freshwater Food Web from a Highly Contaminated Site, South China

    Jiang-Ping Wu;Ying Zhang;Xiao-Jun Luo;Jing Wang

  • Brominated Flame Retardants in Children’s Toys: Concentration, Composition, and Children’s Exposure and Risk Assessment

    She-Jun Chen;Yun-Juan Ma;Jing Wang;Da Chen

  • Distribution and mass inventories of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and organochlorine pesticides in sediments of the pearl river estuary and the Northern South China Sea

    She-Jun Chen;Xiao-Jun Luo;Bi-xian Mai;Guo-Ying Sheng

  • Flame retardants and organochlorines in indoor dust from several e-waste recycling sites in South China: composition variations and implications for human exposure.

    Xiaobo Zheng;Fuchao Xu;Kehui Chen;Yanhong Zeng

  • Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in free-range domestic fowl from an e-waste recycling site in South China : Levels, profile and human dietary exposure

    Xiao-Jun Luo;Juan Liu;Yong Luo;Xiu-Lan Zhang

  • Trophodynamics of hexabromocyclododecanes and several other non-PBDE brominated flame retardants in a freshwater food web.

    Jiang-Ping Wu;Yun-Tao Guan;Ying Zhang;Xiao-Jun Luo

  • Brominated flame retardants in house dust from e-waste recycling and urban areas in South China: implications on human exposure.

    Jing Wang;Yun-Juan Ma;She-Jun Chen;Mi Tian

  • Polybrominated diphenyl ethers in surface sediments of the Yangtze River Delta: Levels, distribution and potential hydrodynamic influence.

    She-Jun Chen;Xiao-Jiang Gao;Bi-Xian Mai;Zhuo-Min Chen

  • Brominated Flame Retardants in the Atmosphere of E-Waste and Rural Sites in Southern China: Seasonal Variation, Temperature Dependence, and Gas-Particle Partitioning

    Mi Tian;She-Jun Chen;Jing Wang;Xiao-Bo Zheng

  • Occurrence of brominated flame retardants (BFRs), organochlorine pesticides (OCPs), and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in agricultural soils in a BFR-manufacturing region of North China.

    Zhi-Cheng Zhu;She-Jun Chen;Jing Zheng;Mi Tian

  • Chlorinated paraffins in sediments from the Pearl River Delta, South China: spatial and temporal distributions and implication for processes.

    Man-Ying Chen;Xiao-Jun Luo;Xiu-Lan Zhang;Ming-Jing He

  • Polybrominated diphenyl ethers in birds of prey from Northern China.

    Da Chen;Bixian Mai;Jie Song;Quanhui Sun

Frequent Co-Authors

Bi-Xian Mai
Bi-Xian Mai Chinese Academy of Sciences
She-Jun Chen
She-Jun Chen South China Normal University
Eddy Y. Zeng
Eddy Y. Zeng South China University of Technology
Jiamo Fu
Jiamo Fu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xiang-Rong Xu
Xiang-Rong Xu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Guoying Sheng
Guoying Sheng Chinese Academy of Sciences
Adrian Covaci
Adrian Covaci University of Antwerp
Yu Liu
Yu Liu University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Da Chen
Da Chen Jinan University
Qiang Zhang
Qiang Zhang Peking University

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